据今日油价1月15日报道，据路透社报道，国际交易所运营商芝加哥商品交易所集团（CME）日前与Enterprise Products Partners公司合作，推出了一个专门针对美国原油出口现货合约的电子交易平台。
该平台定于3月份上线，将提供来自德克萨斯州米德兰(Midland)的轻质低硫原油的交易。该地区是二叠纪页岩开采的发源地，极大地帮助美国生产商将产量提高到历史新高，从而使该国成为世界上最大的石油生产国。
CME表示，Enterprise Products Partners交易的货物将在休士顿航道进行装载。该集团补充称，“电子交易将为全球企业提供一个具有竞争力且透明的平台，以有效对冲美国原油的风险。”
这些合约将以西德克萨斯中质原油期货为基础定价。
去年美国原油日出口量达到创纪录的220万桶。这一数字被誉为一个新时代的开始，这个新时代最终使世界上最大的石油消费国和生产国在2018年的出口量达到近400万桶/天。
不过，今年美国对亚洲的原油出口可能会出现反弹。运费明显下降，这使得美国原油在没有其他来源的情况下更具竞争力。亚洲炼油商对重质原油的需求稳定，以及加拿大和沙特阿拉伯的重质原油供应可能减少，也可能提振对美国原油的需求。
孔丽炜 摘译自 今日油价
原文如下：
International exchange operator CME Group has teamed up with Enterprise Products Partners to launch an electronic trading platform specifically focused on spot contracts for American crude oil for export, Reuters reports.
Scheduled to go live in March, the platform will offer trading in light sweet crude from Midland, Texas, home of the Permian shale play that significantly helped U.S. producers boost their output to all-time highs, turning the country into the largest oil producer in the world.
The cargoes to be auctioned by Enterprise Products Partners will be loaded at the Enterprise Houston Ship Channel, CME Group said, adding “The electronic auction will provide a competitive and transparent venue for firms across the world to efficiently hedge U.S. crude oil.”
The contracts will be priced on the basis of West Texas Intermediate futures.
<p style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: distribute; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify">Last year U.S. crude oil exports hit a record 2.2 million bpd. The figure was hailed as the beginning of a new era that could eventually see the world’s top consumer—and top producer for 2018— export up to almost 4 million bpd.
This year, however, could see a rebound in U.S. shipments of crude to Asia. Freight costs are down palpably, and this has made U.S. crude more competitive without other sources. Stable demand for heavy crude among Asian refiners and a possible shrinking in the availability of heavy grades from Canada and Saudi Arabia could also boost demand for U.S. oil.
